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The girl in my sig + hand gestures
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| Lira |
Does this mean anything to you?
| quote: | Originally posted by LiveTheDream
she says
:p |
I found it interesting when LtD posted it in the "Good Morning, COR" thread because that sign meant completely different things for the three of us.
- The file is named "fuji_two_fingers", so I'm assuming she's Japanese. There, this is nothing but the "V" for victory (even if reversed) and became a ubiquotous sign after the 1972 olympics [source], coming from an American, where this could mean both "Victory" and, possibly, "Peace and Love" (I'd need an American to confirm whether the meaning changes when the palm is inward).
- LiveTheDream, who lives in the British Isles, saw it as an insult [source].
- I saw it simply as "two", since it's quite common here for us to count that way.
Have you ever had problems with this gestures?
I remember I once almost got beaten by my own father because of a gesture that meant "okay" to me meant "go f*** yourself" to him (he's from northeastern Brazil).
How about you? |
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| _Nut_ |
| The only thing that the "peace" gesture means to me... are memories of Hawaii and how every asian (korean, jap etc) had to flash the peace sign for almost every picture. From youngster to elderly... they all did it. |
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| DJ Mikey Mike |
| Where I come from that would be interpreted as an insult. Especially with that smug annoying grin that accompanies said gesture. I would probably nut her square on in the face. |
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| KilldaDJ |
when ur knuckles are facing the other person, id consider that insulting, if ur knuckles are facing u, then its peace
but i never do that anyway so nobody really cares. |
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| DJ Mikey Mike |
| Also I don't like the fact that her collar is slightly slanted to the left hand side of her body. For that I would probably step on her neck. |
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| chojin |
as others have said its an insult/peace depending on the direction the hand is facing...
i use the insult one quite a lot, but only in a lighthearted manner
edit: lol @ my sig |
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| Aquarian |
| Hmm, I've never heard of that being used as an insult. I'm thinking it's either "two" or.... "scisors"? :conf: |
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| Subey |
| quote: | Originally posted by Aquarian
Hmm, I've never heard of that being used as an insult. I'm thinking it's either "two" or.... "scisors"? :conf: |
I think its age of aquarius propaganda. The V represents the basic orientation of the atoms in a water molecule. |
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| montana |
| all i know, it's some weird trend/custom for japanese girls to hold two fingers in the air in a v-formation (or it's more know, zee peace sign) in pictures because it's good fortune |
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| chojin |
| quote: | Originally posted by Subey
I think its age of aquarius propaganda. The V represents the basic orientation of the atoms in a water molecule. |
ive always been told [dunno if its true or not] but its a gesture the english archers used to insult the french when they saw that the said archer still had both of his fingers intact and could shoot arrows.
sumit like that..... |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike
Where I come from that would be interpreted as an insult. Especially with that smug annoying grin that accompanies said gesture. I would probably nut her square on in the face. |
I liked this straight-foward approach as the first reply :P, and the fact that all users from England recognised an insult, whereas the others were either confused, thinking of either the piece sign, the number two, or scissors (which seems to be a reference to paper-scissors-rock).
Thinking about Mikey Mike's reaction to that, I'd wonder what it would be like if he ever met an oblivious individual from Korea/Japan doing that, and what bystanders would think :p |
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| Aquarian |
| quote: | Originally posted by chojin
ive always been told [dunno if its true or not] but its a gesture the english archers used to insult the french when they saw that the said archer still had both of his fingers intact and could shoot arrows.
sumit like that..... |
That's what I was thinking, but that's another gesture, one which is a salute here in north america. |
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